Thalia’s Comments (group member since Jan 08, 2012)

Thalia’s comments from the The Dusty Bookshelf group.

Well, actually it still is. GR claims they have no way to send deleted content to the affected users AND anyone in accidental violation after Sept 21 will have no notification until after deletion.

I'll very against this policy, but all my arguments are in that thread. I'm much too emotionally drained to rewrite them here, so sorry about that. :(

Hey everyone!

Since GoodReads has decided that they evidently don't need to make an announcement to members about their new, 180 policy change, I thought I'd post the thread here in case anyone hasn't heard about what's going on.

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

GR is now banning/deleting-without-warning all shelves/reviews/lists that focus on author behavior. Also, if your shelf isn't related to author behavior, but GR looks at the books on our shelves that decides the shelf is about author behavior, then that shelf will get the ax, too. Because GR can read your mind.

I'm personally frustrated with this new policy, but I'll leave everyone to determine how they feel on their own. Best of luck!

Fellowship is the hardest to get through, but The Two Towers is simply perfect. I haven't gotten to Return of the King yet, but I absolutely can never get tired of this world. I love this series so, so much.

I read this book a couple years ago, and I LOVED it! There's one chapter that is super boring (just talking about Dorian's various favorite rugs, paitings, furniture pieces, food, etc...) but the rest of it is magnificent! I hope you like it, both of you! (:

I finished The Hobbit and So Much Closer, so two more for my challenge, just as the year closes! (:

I'm actually hoping to knock out more of my dusty books over Christmas break in a last ditch effort before the end of the year (I know I'll at least get to The Hobbit before the movie comes out), so this isn't entirely accurate! I've managed to get to twelve out of twenty so far!

1) Tris & Izzie(2 stars)
2) Eragon (3 stars)
3) Choker (1 star)
4) I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (5 stars)
5) The Nine Lives of Chloe King (1 star)
6) Shiver (2 stars)
7) Thirteen Reasons Why (5 stars)
8) The Fellowship of the Ring (4 stars)
9) Dear John (3 stars)
10) The Two Towers (5 stars)
11) The Giver (3 stars)
12) The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner (3 stars)

April, read The Book Thief! You have to let me know how it is! (;

Fatin, I'd read The Great Gatsby. It's pretty short and SO good! You'll definitely enjoy it! (:

Thanks, Liz! I'll probably read Return of the King first, since I'm already in the middle of the LotR series, but then I'll read it. (: Just get two out of the way in one month!

I need to catch up with my dusty books! I only have three months to read seven more AND finish Poe. I need to stop accepting review requests. D:

Anyway, I'm reading:

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green.

It's for my school's book club! After this, I'll probably move on to Unwind by Neil Shusterman, which is my church's book club book. Oh my!

I'd love for someone to pick a book for me. :D Here are the dusty books I still have:

Delirium by Lauren Oliver.
So Much Closer by Susane Colasanti.
The Hobbit byJ.R.R. Tolkien.
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien.
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare.
My Life Undecided by Jessica Brody.
Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix.

I'll have to read through this once I read the book! It's next on my list after my current read. (:

Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer

I'm working my way towards The Short, Secret Life of Bree Tanner for my dusty shelf. Yay!

I finished a dusty book!

The Giver by Lois Lowry.

Woot woot! (:
So now I'm moving on--I'm participating in a readathon this week, so hopefully I'll move quickly!

Where She Went by Gayle Forman

And still trudging my way through Poe, slowly but surely.

Thanks you guys! (: Fingers crossed for this one, hahah. You're the best!

Hey, would someone do me a huge favor? I'm entering a giveaway, and one of the entires to get a friend to follow Amy Plum (@AmyPlumOhLaLa). Please let me know if you do and your twitter handle again. I'd really appreciate it!

Thank you. (:

EDIT:
Also, if you could like her on Facebook, that'd be awesome, too. (:

I updated my post to add several more books!

I only had about six hours total over the readathon weekend and some 120 pages--although for Tolkien, I feel like that's pretty good, hahaha.

I was babysitting some sleeping kids late last night, from about 8:30pm to 11:30pm. I read the whole time, and managed to knock down about a hundred pages of The Two Towers, which was pretty good! Unfortunately, today is still super busy, so I probably won't get much in. :(

Huh, I might give it another shot then. Glad you liked it!

Hey! Sorry, today was/is mega busy for me, and I don't think I'll have much time to read!

Here's the link to my giveaway!
http://thaliasbooks.tumblr.com/post/2...